Why Do You Believe?
Ultimately with R.C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 13 January 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Why do some people respond to the gospel with faith in Christ while others continue in unbelief? Today, R.C. Sproul contrasts the Reformed and Arminian answers to this question.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Why did you say yes to grace? |
| 0:02.5 | And your neighbor said no. |
| 0:04.7 | Is it because you're more righteous than that person is? |
| 0:07.5 | The Solar Grazia says, |
| 0:12.5 | Regeneration is solely the work of God's grace in your soul. |
| 0:22.0 | I talk to my Armenian friends all the time about this |
| 0:25.0 | and say, look, let me ask you a question. |
| 0:27.5 | Why is it |
| 0:29.5 | that you're a believer? |
| 0:31.5 | And maybe members of your own family or friends that you have |
| 0:34.5 | are not believers when you've both heard the gospel. |
| 0:38.5 | And I said, well, because I responded to the gospel |
| 0:41.0 | and the other person did, and I said, okay. |
| 0:43.0 | You said yes to the aid of God's grace. |
| 0:47.0 | God gave the same offer to your neighbor |
| 0:49.0 | and your neighbor said no. |
| 0:50.0 | I want to know this. |
| 0:51.0 | Why did you say yes? |
| 0:53.5 | And your neighbor said no. |
| 0:56.0 | Oh, because I'm free. |
| 0:57.0 | I said, I understand that. |
| 0:58.5 | But why in your freedom were you inclined to say yes to grace |
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